2011-2012 Annual Report and Financials

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of society for a world where
every woman is free
A grassroots movement to end ANNUAL
sex-traffickingREPORT
2011–2012
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A message from our President
Dear Friends,
I present to you Apne Aap’s Annual Report for 2011-2012.
I am happy to share the news that we have now reached out to
15,000 women and girls, offering hope and empowerment to
those who need it most. Thanks to your generous support,
our budget has doubled to ` 41,637,275, enabling us to
significantly expand our efforts.
It has been an exciting year of growth and leadership for us.
In April, we had an opportunity to share Apne Aap’s vision of
uplifting the most marginalized girl (Antyodaya) with fifteen
grassroots leaders from the US. Also, the UN has honored us
with consultative status as we enter our tenth year. These
milestones were made possible with your help.
As always, I look forward to your continued support in the
coming year.
Sincerely,
RUCHIRA GUPTA
Founder and President
Apne Aap
Where We Work…
There are over three million women and girls in India trapped in
prostitution. On average, they are visited by ten clients a night. That
means at least thirty million rapes are committed with impunity
each night.
The Problem: Pinky’s Story
When the trafficker came to Pinky’s home, she was only
thirteen…..
Her mother made her stay at home and help with the work.
She was not allowed to go out and play, nor was she allowed
to attend school. She was made to eat left over food after her
brothers ate.
Her father was in debt to an upper-caste money lender. He
told Pinky that he had no money for her dowry and that she
had become a liability.
So what did he do? He sold her for Rs. 5,000 to a procurer
who in turn sold her to a pimp for Rs. 10,000, who supplied
her to a client, who paid only Rs. 100 to rape her once.
Pinky lived in the brothel for five years. On an average, she
was visited by at least ten clients a night. When she became a
woman, she was thrown out of the brothel and died begging
and starving on the streets.
Apne Aap’s Solution
Prostitution is not a choice but an absence of choice based on gender, class,
caste, ethnic and race inequalities that the sex industry exploits.
But prostitution is not inevitable. Sex traffickers prey on those with no
choice, therefore increasing the choices available to marginalized girls and
women can topple the entire industry.
Our approach is based on the belief that the most effective and sustainable
solutions to end sex trafficking come by increasing choices for at-risk girls
and women and by empowering the women to demand rights for themselves
and their children. We have already seen its success.
In the past ten years, Apne Aap has organized more than 15,000 at-risk and
victimized women and girls into small groups that work collectively for rights
for themselves, their children, and their peers. Since 2009, Apne Aap’s work
has lead to the Rampur red-light area shrinking from 72 brothels to 15 and
the Khawaspur red-light area from 17 to 1 in Araria district of Bihar.
By also advocating for policies that deter men from purchasing sex, our
approach tackles both the “supply side” and the “demand side” of the sex
trafficking industry, while building a movement.
Creating change at every level of society for a world where
every woman is free.
Decreasing Demand: Cool Men Don’t Buy Sex
Increasing Choices for Women and Girls
In 2012, we rearticulated how we empower women:
We enable marginalized women and girls to gain independence from
prostitution by organizing and supporting small self-empowerment
groups, called Mandals. Together, the ten women in each Mandal
campaign collectively for access to their most basic rights: legal
protection, education, livelihood, and housing.
Our method of targeting demand for prostitution, the Cool Men Don’t
Buy Sex Campaign, has gained global renown this year.
Over the past 12 months, we reached our goal of 10,000 signatures on our
petition to the President of India. We have promoted the campaign on
University Campuses in Delhi and Kolkata, gaining a coalition of students
determined to raise awareness of this issue. In April, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, requested a CMDBS bracelet, and was even seen wearing
it days later!
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The Right to Legal Protection
From 2011-2012, Women in Apne Aap accessed:
From 2011-2012, our staff:
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Vocational Training: We offered 734 women courses in sewing,
tailoring, basic computer skills, jewelry making, and handbag
craftsmanship, as well as English language courses.
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Savings: More than 1,000 women and girls have bank accounts thanks to
their membership in Apne Aap.
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Entrepreneurship: This year one self-empowerment group opened a
canteen, others have started handicraft manufacture businesses.
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Held 297 Legal sessions for 17 Self Help Groups and 158 women on
Constitutional Rights and Entitlements.
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Offered assistance in writing and filing First Information Reports against
traffickers.
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Prepared witnesses to testify against their own exploiters in court.
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Established watchdog groups in high-risk areas to block traffickers.
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Petitioned the local government to punish police who allied with
traffickers.
The Right to Education
The Right to Safe and Independent Housing
Between 2011-2012 Apne Aap provided:
Between 2011-2012 our staff:
Formal Education: We got 516 girls out of red light districts and slums, and
into schools.
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Made women aware of the programs and benefits legally available to
them.
Non-Formal Education: We provided 1248 women and children non-formal
education in reading, writing and math, and computer classes.
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Helped 108 women file the proper paperwork for government provided
housing.
Life Skills: We offered educational courses on HIV/AIDS awareness, selfdefense, maternal and child health, hygiene and nutrition, and vulnerabilities
to trafficking.
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Helped women petition local officials for the housing that's being denied
them.
Looking toward the future:
Building a Movement to End Sex Trafficking
Apne Aap has formed 150 self-empowerment groups and reached
15,000 girls and women. We want to empower even more women
through access to the four essential rights. This is how we’ll do it:
10 Assets x
10 Women
=
1 SEG
10 SEGs x
10 SEGs
=
100 SEGs
100 SEGs x =
100 SEGs
1000 SEGs
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1,000,000 x 5 =
1000,000 SEGs
An anti-trafficking
movement
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Campaign
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Movement
Individual self-empowerment
groups of ten women and girls
each are informed of their Four
Essential Rights, to legal
protection, education, livelihood
and housing. Then each group
works collectively to gain ten key
Assets found to be vital factors in
their ability to gain independence.
Apne Aap provides the safe space
for the women to meet, as well as
education, access to services, and
legal assistance.
These groups campaign
individually and collectively to
access the services available to
them, as well as to private sector
opportunities.
Once they have gone through the
process of gaining their ten
Assets, the women and girls have
the experience necessary to lead
others to do the same. Women
start leading their own
movement.
Leaders of these individual groups
will connect with one another
based on their similar campaign
agendas, to advocate in larger
numbers. These larger collections
of groups will then join together
into a larger women’s network and
mobilize others to form an antitrafficking movement that will
ultimately encompass additional
stakeholders in the community
such as law enforcement and
judges.
Who are the women and girls?
1. Victims and Survivors
- Prostituted women and girls and those who have survived
prostitution.
2. At Risk to Human Trafficking and Prostitution
- daughters and sisters of prostituted women, living in the
red-light district and neighboring areas, and/or in castes,
communities and/or tribes suffering from inter-generational
prostitution
3. Vulnerable to Human Trafficking and Prostitution
- Member of the marginalized caste communities
- Living below the poverty line
- Suffering from domestic violence or incest
- Trapped in an early marriage
- Bonded labor worker
- Living in domestic servitude
- Displaced due to natural disaster, conflict or big development
projects
- Physically disabled
- Immigrated from another country
- Literate and/or have never attended school…
- Homeless
Honors and Recognitions
Achievements and Milestones
In Bihar, girls in Apne Aap programs have been excelling in studies and won
awards at the state level for karate.
In Delhi and Kolkata, an increasing amount of women are obtaining
employment through Apne Aap's livelihood training. Sponsors from Korea
have placed orders for various products to be made by the women and girls
who are enrolled in sewing tailoring and appliqué classes.
The organization was successful in organizing a survivors’ conference in
February, 2012. 15 survivors attended the conference from numerous
districts, and actively participated.
w Apne Aap was featured in Ashley Judd’s book, All That is Bitter & Sweet.
w Ruchira won the Times TV “Amazing Indians” Award.
w Ruchira was the recipient of the Godfrey Phillips Bravery National Award
2012.
w Apne Aap was recognized as Half the Sky Coalition member.
w Apne Aap was featured in the award-winning documentary Undesired Missing Women in India.
w Ruchira received the honour, ‘Sera Bangali’ for her commitment to the
social calls by Ananda Bazar Patrika.
Measures of Success
Number of women who generated sustainable
income through self-employment or new job
opportunities
187
Number of women who have improved access
to capital and financial services
1460
Number of girls and women supported through
empowerment initiatives
1687 women
and 802 girls
Number of children to gain access to education
(formal or non-formal school programs)
1764
Number of children reached by school feeding
programs
460
Number of women who benefited from skills-based
professional training programs
734
Number of women who had increased access
to health services
1569
15 US Activists come to learn Apne Aap’s Approach
January 31 – February 9, 2012
A highlight this year was working with the Novo Foundation’s ‘Move to End
Violence’ programme to bring fifteen innovative activist leaders from the US who
address violence in many forms, including street harassment, ending demand for
prostitution and breaking cycles of interpersonal violence in India.
The programme envisaged reflection on
the state of the U.S. movement to end
violence while exploring the rich and
intersectional approaches of social justice
work in India.
In Delhi, a visit to the Gandhi Smriti
where an active group discussion with
noted activists like Devaki Jain, Tara
Gandhi Bhattacharya and Dr. Manimala
took place. Visits were also arranged to
several other sites wherein group discussions were held. The Group also visited
Jaipur and Tilonia and Kolkata and met with noted activists, Kavita Srivastava, Aruna
Roy and survivors.
The members of the ‘Move to End Violence’ included Ted Bunch, A CALL TO MEN;
Priscilla Gonzalez, Domestic Workers United; Neil Irvin, Men Can Stop Rape; Leiana
Kinnicutt, Futures Without Violence; Suzanne Koepplinger, Minnesota Indian
Women’s Resource Center; Tamar Kraft-Stolar, The Correctional Association of
New York; Dorchen A. Leidholdt, Sanctuary for Families; Beckie Masaki, Asian &
Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence; Nancy Nguyen, BPSOS-Delaware
Valley; Corrine Sanchez, Tewa Women United; Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender
Equity; Nan Stoops, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Aimee
Thompson-Arevallo, Close to Home; Patti Tototzintle, Casa de Esperanza; Shakira
Washington, Human Rights Project for Girls; Puja Dhawan, NoVo Foundation,
Pamela Shiffman, NoVo Foundation, Emily, Raben Group.
Cool Men Don’t Buy Sex Campaign
September 2011 - ongoing
Anti-trafficking efforts frequently address only the victims of sex
trafficking, ignoring the force that fuels the trade – male demand for
purchased sex. Without demand for purchased sex, traffickers, pimps,
and brothel owners will be driven out of business. Apne Aap’s ultimate
goal is both societal and legal changes.
The “Cool Men Don’t Buy Sex” Campaign highlights the role that men
play in fostering the sex industry and will enlist both men and women to
put pressure on the Indian Government for the enactment of the
proposed Section 5C of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA). This
amendment will shift the burden of criminalization from women and
girls in prostitution to the men who buy sex and the pimps who profit
from violent exploitation.
Apne Aap will submit 10,000 signed petitions to the President of India
for this amendment to deter the purchase of sex by punishing the sex
buyers and traffickers, and protecting the women and girls that fall
victim to this industry.
The campaign will include a podcast and video series, featuring male
leaders taking a stand against sex trafficking. It will also include student
campaigns from around the country who will host band drives and
awareness raising events and also collect signatures for Apne Aap’s
petition. (To know more about this petition, go to the link given below)
http://apneaap.org/cmdbs/cool-men-dont-buy-sex-campaign
Apne Aap hosts first-ever
International Survivors' Conference
New Delhi, April 2 – 5, 2011
Apne Aap hosted its first-ever
survivors’ conference of the AsiaPacific region in New Delhi. The
conference brought together over 60
survivors from across the Asia-Pacific
region, who have either been victims,
or have been at the threshold of being
trafficked for sex, to share their
experiences and demand victim
friendly policies.
There were sessions on issues related
to Legal Assistance, Para-legal
Empowerment and the Need to
Change the Laws, Building Support
Systems, Community Mobilization
and Economic Reintegration, Political
Economy of Sex Trafficking and
Inroads to Fighting Sex Trafficking
and Prostitution. Experts such as
Sheila Jeffreys (author, Industrial
Vagina), Agnete Strom, Aurora
Javate de Dios, among others took
part in the discussions.
The Conference was a great success,
attracting media attention and
pushing policy makers to understand
the rationale against legalization of
prostitution and to define policies to
bring an end to the demand for
purchased sex.
“Buyers of prostituted sex are the
problem. As long as they buy, the
pimps will supply women and try to
make a profit. If there is no profit,
the system will break down. If the
men begin to respect us, change will
happen” - Fatima from Forbesganj,
28, Survivors Conference, New Delhi
Challenges
w Traffickers and pimps are part of criminal networks, posing grave
threats to staff and members on a daily basis. In addition, traffickers and
pimps are often in collusion with local police, which makes successful
raids and rescues even more difficult.
w Maintaining momentum among organized groups is difficult as many
women join SEGs expecting immediate change and are disheartened
upon learning it is not an instant fix. Apne Aap puts in significant efforts
to monitor and ensure that members stay active and engaged.
w Keeping at-risk girls in school is an increasing challenge as they
approach adolescence, as more effort must be exerted to keep parents
and traffickers from seeing the girls as commodities and pulling them
out of school to traffic into prostitution. Parents, local authorities, and
residential education facilities can prove slow or unwilling to act.
w Funding shortages hinder abilities to provide timely on-the-ground
monitoring and supervision and build the organization's strength and
capacity.
Future Plans
With the generous support
received from the NoVo
Foundation, Apne Aap
created a five-year
organizational development
and strategic Business Plan
to scale up direct support of
those at risk and affected
by trafficking, and to
dramatically affect the field
by advocating at the national and international policy level.
Apne Aap’s plan is to expand and reach out in the next five years to at
least 500,000 sex trafficked and at-risk women and children and support
the enrollment of 100,000 girls into residential schools and provide safe
living spaces.
Apne Aap also plans to initiate research and mapping activities to
understand the geographical spread of red light areas and the
habitations of communities with caste-based intergenerational
prostitution in order to study in depth the intersection of caste, poverty,
class, and gender in these systems of prostitution.
Apne Aap plans to start a Course on Human Trafficking at New York
University, USA in the next financial year.
Apne Aap Women Worldwide
Financial Report 2011-12: Balance Sheet as of 31st March, 2012
FUNDS & LIABILITIES
Trusts Funds or Corpus:
Opening Balance
Reserve Fund
Less: Excess of Expenditure
over Income
Other Earmarked Funds:
Grant Fund Unutilised
Current Liabilities
Provisions
Sundry Creditors
6,968,698.50
Amount in INR Amount in USD
PROPERTY & ASSETS
10,941,933.02
Fixed Assets
As per Schedule
2,658,442.00
2,658,442.00
49,230.41
Investments
Fixed Depost with Axis Bank
Govt of India 8% Taxable Bond
732,488.00
1,500,000.00
2,232,488.00
41,342.37
Other Earmarked Funds:
Grant Fund Accrued
2,165,414.00
2,165,414.00
40,100.26
105,534.80
506,450.00
28,663.82
398,653.22
1,039,301.84
19,246.33
26,871.00
14,665,554.14
14,692,425.14
272,081.95
22,788,070.98
422,001.31
202,628.39
8,132,930.48
Amount in INR
Amount in USD
– 4,159,695.96
11,450,475.46
66,100.50
329,562.00
11,450,475.46
395,662.50
212,045.84
7,327.08
Loan & Advances
Sundry Advances
Deposits (Asset)
TDS Receivable
Other Advances
Current Assets
Cash-in-hand
Bank Accounts
22,788,070.98
422,001.31
Apne Aap Women Worldwide
INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended March 31, 2012
EXPENDITURE
Amount in INR
Amount in USD
29,300,248.88
542,597.20
To Remuneration to Trustees
3,600,000.00
66,666.67
To Other Expenses
5,870,797.72
108,718.48
38,771,046.60
717,982.34
To Project & Establishment
INCOME
Amount in INR
Amount in USD
By Interest (accrued / realised)
437,764.00
8,106.74
By Donations Received
209,200.00
3,874.07
33,557,643.38
621,437.84
By IGP Receipt
110,688.00
2,049.78
By Other Receipts
296,055.26
5,482.50
4,159,695.96
77,031.41
38,771,046.60
717,982.34
By Grants (accrued / realised)
By Excess of Expenditure over Income
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Thanks to our Donors,
Apne Aap received
INR 2,95,37,630.00
(USD 546,993) in
Financial Year 2011-12.
Board Members
Advisory Members
Ruchira Gupta – President
Anurag Nand Chaturvedi
Namrata Sureka
Vinita Saraf
Lekha Poddar
Namita Saraf
Nayantara Palchoudhuri
Pallavi Shroff
Suresh Neotia
Gloria Steinem – Chair
Brian Weinstein
MK Raina
P. Bhamathi
P.M Nair
Pramod Nigudkar
Sayeda Hameed
Sujata Prasad
Shirin Ebadi
Suzanne Goldenberg
Abby Disney
Bankers
Auditors
Citibank, Kolkata
Punjab National Bank, New Delhi
Indian Overseas Bank, Kolkata
BHS & Co.
Chartered Accountants
New Delhi
Apne Aap Women Worldwide
Important information for donors
For Indian Taxpayers
Name of the organization
Apne Aap Women Worldwide India Trust
Registered under:
Bombay Public Trust Act (No. E20422-Mumbai)
dated 30 August 2002
FCRA Registration No.
147120726
For donations in
foreign currency
Citibank NA
41, Chowringhee Road Branch, Kolkata
Swift Code: CITIINBX
Account No. 0302584338
IFSC code:CITI0000001
For US Taxpayers
Name of the organisation:
Apne Aap International Inc.
EIN Number:
13-41-99270
Bank Name:
Chase Bank
Checking Account Number:
0918746025
Routing Number:
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Cheques can be mailed to:
Apne Aap International
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All donations exempt under U/S 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961 vide.
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